Here is a list of 65 Run commands that work on Windows 10. These run commands can save you time (sometimes) and they show you that there is almost always more than one or two ways to do things in Windows.\u00a0 All you need to do to run the commands we’ve posted here is to open a Run dialog.<\/p>\n
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To open Run dialog (or Run box as we like to call it):<\/p>\n
Hold down the Windows key and tap the R key, or right-click the Windows 10 start button, click “Run” and type in any of the commands below:<\/p>\n
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- Accessibility Controls \u2013 access.cpl<\/li>\n
- Accessibility Wizard \u2013 accwiz<\/li>\n
- Add\/Remove Programs \u2013 appwiz.cpl<\/li>\n
- Administrative Tools \u2013 control admintools<\/li>\n
- Calculator \u2013 calc<\/li>\n
- Character Map \u2013 charmap<\/li>\n
- Check Disk Utility \u2013 chkdsk<\/li>\n
- Google Chrome (if installed) – chrome<\/li>\n
- Clipboard Viewer \u2013 clipbrd<\/li>\n
- Command Prompt \u2013 cmd<\/li>\n
- Computer Management \u2013 compmgmt.msc<\/li>\n
- Control Panel \u2013 control<\/li>\n
- Date and Time Properties \u2013 timedate.cpl<\/li>\n
- Desktop\u00a0 – desktop<\/li>\n
- Device Manager \u2013 devmgmt.msc<\/li>\n
- Direct X Troubleshooter \u2013 dxdiag<\/li>\n
- Disk Cleanup Utility \u2013 cleanmgr<\/li>\n
- Disk Defragment \u2013 dfrg.msc<\/li>\n
- Disk Management \u2013 diskmgmt.msc<\/li>\n
- Desktop Properties \u2013 control desktop<\/li>\n
- Display Properties \u2013 desk.cpl<\/li>\n
- Documents folder – documents<\/li>\n
- Downloads folder – downloads<\/li>\n
- Driver Verifier Utility \u2013 verifier<\/li>\n
- Event Viewer \u2013 eventvwr.msc<\/li>\n
- File Explorer – explorer<\/li>\n
- Firefox (if installed) \u2013 firefox<\/li>\n
- Folder Properties \u2013 control folders<\/li>\n
- Fonts \u2013 control fonts<\/li>\n
- Fonts Folder \u2013 fonts<\/li>\n
- Group Policy Editor (Windows 10 Pro) gpedit.msc<\/li>\n
- Iexpress Wizard \u2013 iexpress<\/li>\n
- Internet Explorer \u2013 iexplore<\/li>\n
- Internet Properties \u2013 inetcpl.cpl<\/li>\n
- Keyboard Properties \u2013 control keyboard<\/li>\n
- Log Out Of Windows \u2013 logoff<\/li>\n
- Microsoft Paint \u2013 mspaint or pbrush<\/li>\n
- Mouse Properties \u2013 main.cpl<\/li>\n
- Music folder<\/li>\n
- Network Connections \u2013 ncpa.cpl<\/li>\n
- Notepad \u2013 notepad<\/li>\n
- On Screen Keyboard \u2013 osk<\/li>\n
- Opera (if installed) – opera<\/li>\n
- Performance Monitor \u2013 perfmon<\/li>\n
- Pictures folder – pictures<\/li>\n
- Power Options \u2013 powercfg.cpl<\/li>\n
- PowerShell (Windows PowerShell) – powershell<\/li>\n
- Printers and Faxes \u2013 control printers<\/li>\n
- Regional Settings \u2013 intl.cpl<\/li>\n
- Registry Editor \u2013 regedit<\/li>\n
- Remote Desktop \u2013 mstsc<\/li>\n
- Restart Windows – shutdown \/r<\/li>\n
- Scheduled Tasks \u2013 control schedtasks<\/li>\n
- Security Center \u2013 wscui.cpl<\/li>\n
- Services \u2013 services.msc<\/li>\n
- Shut Down Windows \u2013 shutdown<\/li>\n
- Sounds and Audio \u2013 mmsys.cpl<\/li>\n
- System Configuration Utility \u2013 msconfig<\/li>\n
- System Information \u2013 msinfo32<\/li>\n
- System Properties \u2013 sysdm.cpl<\/li>\n
- Task Manager \u2013 taskmgr<\/li>\n
- Telnet Client \u2013 telnet<\/li>\n
- Utility Manager \u2013 utilman<\/li>\n
- Videos folder\u00a0 – videos<\/li>\n
- WordPad – write<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
There are many more of these, but that’s enough for now. How do you like these? Don’t you feel more in “command”?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
65 Windows 10 Run Commands Note to those of you running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1: Most of these commands will work for you too! Here is a list of 65 Run commands that work on Windows 10. These run commands can save you time (sometimes) and they show you that there is almost always more than one\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2224,2223,1719],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14584,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14583\/revisions\/14584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}